Table of Contents

 

Number 1

 

PREFACE iii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Studies on Filariasis in the Samoan Area—Eton E. Byrd, Lyle S. St. Amant, and Leon Bromberg 1

Filariasis in Returning Marines —Frank Clauser 21

Clinicopathologic Study of Early Filariasis ; With Lymph Node Biopsies —Sam Stuart Zuckerman and James S. Hibbard 27

A Preliminary Revision of the Scutellaris Group of the Genus Aedes — Donald S. Farner and Richard M. Bohart 37

Our Leprosy Problem —George M. Saunders 54

Intestinal Parasitic Infections in a Naval Hospital in New Zealand— Edward K. Markell 65

Psychogenic "Malaria" —Bruce R. Merrill 69

Study of 1,063 Naval Offenders —Bernard Locke, Albert C. Cornsweet, Walter Bromberg, and Anthony A. Apuzzo 73

Treatment of Intestinal Obstruction in the Field and Aboard Ship— James S. Hibbard 87

Medical Problems on an Attack Transport —James B. Oliver, Albert C. Kelly, and Robert P. Watkins 92

Hearing Tests; An Evaluation —Charles W. Shilling, Ira A. Everley, and J. D. Harris 100

Hearing Aids—John C. Howard, Jr 117

A Simplified Technic for Acrylic Jackets —Lloyd H. Dalil 121

Biostatistics in Medical Research: II. Probabilities in Small Samples — H. M. C. Luykx 125

Kodachrome Photomicrography in Malaria; Rapid Method of Instruction—Herman M. Maveety, Rupert B, Tumbull, Jr., and Carl R. Bauer. . 134

CLINICAL NOTES

Congenital Hemihypertrophy ; Report of Case—Arthur Sayer and Thomas  J. Fatherree 142

Madelung's Deformity; Case Report —Angus G. Goetz and Thomas J. Fatherree 148

Ruptured Aneurysm of Splenic Artery; Report of a Case—F. Eugene Martin 152

Epidermolysis Bullosa; Report of Seven Cases—Philip H. Nippert and Ferdinand Fetter 154

Plasma Treatment of Mumps Orchitis; Report of Five Cases —Robert G. Smith 159

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Application of the Eve Rocking Method of Resuscitation on Shipboard—Samuel D. Murray 161

Simple Method for Taking Stereoscopic Chest Films —Stuart P. Hemphill and Melbourne W. Diercks 166

X-ray Technic for Diagnostic Films; With the Weber Dental Machine Model-5 —Lester D. Bibler and Douglas W. White 170

Arm Board for Navy Operating Table—George R. Dunlop and J. D. Humberd     171

Arrangement of Quonset Huts for Mess Hall Units—Edward S. Phillips 173

Mess Gear Sterilizing Unit for Land Based Naval Units—Dayton O'Donnell      175

EDITORIALS

Tsutsugamushi Disease 178

Filariasis    180

BOOK NOTICES

Homicide Investigation, Snyder; with chapters by Mulbar, Wilson, and Muehlberger —One Hundred Years of American Psychiatry, Hall The Romance of Medicine, Gordon —Functional Disorders of the Foot, Dickson and Diveley —Manual of Human Protozoa, Kudo—Bacterial Infection, Appleton —Practical Malaria Control, Gunther —Medical Diagnosis, edited by Pullen—Textbook of General Surgery, Cole and

Elman —Tuberculosis of the Ear, Nose, and Throat, Myerson 183

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Toxic Effects of Arsenical Compounds as Employed in the Treatment of Diseases in the United States Navy, 1943— T. J. Carter, Wesley M. Chambers, and Laura T. Anderson 195

Rodent Control at a South Pacific Base —Wilfred D. Crabb and Arnold J. Nicholson 208

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 218

 

Number 2

 

PREFACE in

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Immersion Blast Injury —Clinical Experiences —E. Lyle Gage 225

Pathology of Immersion Blast Injury —Asher Yaguda 232

Report of Injuries Among Survivors of an Airplane Crash—John S. Thiemeyer, Jr 241

Delayed Acute Aero-Otitis Media and Methods of Prevention — William J. Bowen 247

Medullary Canal Wire Transfixion in Metacarpal and Forearm Fractures—Rolfe D. Long and Herbert C. Fett 253

The Haynes External Fixation Splint in the Treatment of Lower Extremity Fractures —William M. Cashman 257

The Injection Treatment of Flat Feet — Herbert E. Hipps and Hugh Neely 262

Diarrheal Diseases in the Navy; The Navy's Experience, 1882-1942— Dean F. Smiley and Herbert A. Raskin 267

Use of Paredine Hydrobromide ; Parahydroxy-a-methyl-phenyl-ethylamine Hydrobromide in Control of Cardiac Arrhythmias with a Review of the Literature —George C. Griffith 284

Venopressor Mechanism in the Production of Shock; Its Treatment with Nikethamide— Lewis Gunther 300

Medicine in the South Pacific —Arthur M. Master 308

Special Problems in Acute Rheumatic Fever—Alvin C. Wyman. 316

Suppression of Urine Complicating Sulfadiazine Therapy — Leonard I. Smiley 328

Fluoroscopic Hazards Including Use of Unprotected Radiographic Screens —Charles F. Behrens 333

Electroencephalography in the Study of Chronic Behavior Problem: A Review—Otto Allen Witt, Jr 341

Fractures of Interest to the Dental Officer; Report of Three Cases—Merritte M. Maxwell 353

Sclerosing Agent in Treatment of Subluxation of Mandible and of Hemangiomas of Mouth —Irving Salman 361

Biostatistics in Medical Research: III. Samples which are 100-Percent Positive—H. M. C. Luykx 370

So-Called Reiter's Disease; The Triad of Acute Arthritis, Conjunctivitis, and Urethritis —Harold H. Rosenblum 375

Meningitis in an Island Naval Air Station Dispensary —Stanley M. Dillenberg  379

CLINICAL NOTES

Acute Suppurative Pericarditis Successfully Treated with Intrapericardial Penicillin and Systemic Chemotherapy —Stanton T. Allison and Elmer H. Loughlin 333

Gonorrheal Ophthalmia Treated with Penicillin—Arno E. Town 387

Gonorrheal Ophthalmia; Treatment with Intra-Ocular Penicillin; Report of a Case—Charles A. Seelig 389

Ruptured Aneurysm Following Typhoid-Tetanus Booster Injection — Richcrd B. Berlin 291

Delayed Splenic Rupture; Report of Case—Florian J. Santini, Leo W. Olcchowski. and Joseph E. Nichols 395

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Repair of Acrylic Dentures—Eduard Georg Friedrich 401

A New Knee-Cartilage Knife—Gordon M. Morrison 404

Stabilized Staining Rack —Henry B. Turner 405

A "Seagoing" First-Aid Kit—David IV. Palmer 406

Improvised Cassette Holder for Chest X-rays—Lester D. Bibler and

Douglas W. White 408

EDITORIALS

Fundamental Replacement Therapy 411

Carcinoma Ex Ulcere (?) 414

BOOK NOTICES

Page

The Treatment of Peptic Ulcer, Heuer; assisted by Holman and Cooper— Psychiatry and the War, edited by Sladen —The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Dorland ; with the collaboration of Miller —Minor Surgery, edited by Rolleston and Moncrieff—The Dental Treatment of Maxillo-Facial Injuries, Fry, Shepherd, McLeod and Parfiti —Technique in Trauma, Gurd and Ackman; in collaboration with Gerrie, Pritchard, Mills, and Smith —The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Surgery, Spaeth—The Neurosurgical Patient, Rand —Physical Medicine in General Practice, Bierman —Principles and Practices of Inhalational Therapy, Barach —The Management of Neurosyphilis, Dattner; with the collaboration of Thomas and Wexlcr —A Manual of Physical Therapy, Koines —The Blood Pressure and Its Disorders Including Angina Pectoris, Plcsch —The Hospital Head Nurse, Wayland, McManus and Faddis : edited by Stewart .. 416

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Fish Poisoning by Barracuda in the Marianas —Philip H. Vonfraenkel and Earl S. Krick 427

Use of Sodium Arsenite in Fly Control —Eugene R. Hering 432

Nitrous and Nitric Gas Casualties—Durant K. Charleroy    435

Toxicity of Cresylic Acid— Containing Solvent; A Case Report —Milton E. Klinger and John F. Norton 438

A Portable Welding Fume Exhauster —Frederick J. Viles, Jr. and Leslie Silverman 440

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 445

 

Number 3

 

 

PREFACE iii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Penicillin; A Progress Report —Winchell M. Craig, Gershom J. Thompson, Adolph M. Hutter, Edwin E. Barksdale, Carl C. Pfeiffer, and Paul V. Woolley, Jr 453

Penicillin in Pneumonia —Arthur G. Lueck and Cary O. Edge 480

Gram-Negative Bacilli Susceptibility to Penicillin; In Vitro Experiments —Morris Steiner 486

Salt Water Ulcers of the Extremities; Occurrence in Japanese Survivors —Charles W. McLaughlin, Jr., and James L. Holland 494

Transverse Incision for Repair of Inguinal Hernia —Philip Shambaugh. . 498

Epicondylitis of the Humerus —Charles E. Cooper 501

Repair of Direct Hernia —Eugene V. Parsonnet 507

The External Malleolar Fracture —Harry A. Barnes 509

Rupture of Rectus Abdominis Muscle Simulating Intra-Abdominal Tumor—Charles P. Ward 515

The Plight of the Ulcer Patient in Military Service; Study of 306 Enlisted Personnel With Duodenal Ulcer —Frederick R. Hook and Roger H. Keane 519

Vitamins Essential in Nutrition —Leroy E. Smale 530

Castro— Intestinal Tract Disturbances; Functional Disturbances on a Psychogenic Basis—William T. Carleton 538

Croup Therapy of Psychiatric War Casualties — John B. Dynes and Francis J. Hamilton 549

A Psychologic Study of Desertion and Overleave in the Navy —Walter Bromberg, Anthony A. Apuzzo, and Bernard Locke 558

Functional Amenorrhea in Waves —Thomas B. Manvil 569

Eosinophilia Caused by Atabrine —Mollis K. Russell 574

Filariasis in West Indian Laborers—Richard F. Platzer and William K. A. Lawlor 576

Root Amputation —W. Irwin Gullett 579

Dental Officer's Duty Aboard Naval Hospital Ship—Rex B. Foster 582

Military Dental Esthetics and Psychology —Curliss W. Schantz and Charles A. Scrivener   593

Sulfonamide Therapy in Gonorrhea; Results in 210 Cases —Harold Gorenberg and Philip Shulman 596

Tropical Otitis Externa; Ear Fungus —Edward IV. Beach and Lester L. Hamilton  599

Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Fluoroscopic Survey Among Civilian Employees at an Advance Base; Preliminary Report —Herbert M. Stauffer 603

CLINICAL NOTES

An Unusual Case of Decompression Sickness—Walter C. Welham and Joseph J. Blanch 607

Spontaneous Mediastinal Emphysema —Samuel A. Shelburne 610

Mononucleosis on Board a Destroyer—Oglesby Paul 614

Avulsion of Parietal Bone; Report of a Case—Stephen H. Tolins 618

Granuloma Inguinale; Report of an Atypical Case—John G. Menville.. 621

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Method of Making Radiopaque Screen Used in Taking X-ray Films — Bernard I. Rabin 625

Simple Pressure Sprayer for Malaria Control — T. Haynes Harvill 627

Skin Traction for the Amputation Stump—Eugene L. Jewett 629

The Field Dental Office —Kenneth F. Blindenbacher 633

EDITORIALS

Penicillin in War Wounds 637

Tuberculosis in the Navy 639

BOOK NOTICES

Experimental Basis for Neurotic Behavior, Gantt—Prescription for Permanent Peace, Sadler —Psychiatry for Nurses, Karnosh and Gage; in collaboration with Mereness —Mosquito Control, Herms and Gray —Urological Surgery, Dodson; with contributions by 7 prominent physicians—Cataract and Anomalies of the Lens, Bellows—The Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis, Rich—Secretory Mechanism of the Digestive

Glands, Babkin —Technic of Electrotherapy, Osborne and Holmquest — Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation —edited by Hezvitt, Nevling, Miner, Eckman, and Smith —Lippincott's Quick Reference Book for Medicine and Nursing, compiled by Rehberger — Physics of the 20th Century, Jordan—Fertility in Men, Hotchkiss— Fertility in Women, Siegler 641

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Silicosis in Foundries of Naval Gun Factory —Edwards M. Riley, Robert W. Butler, and Sidney Goren 653

Accident Prevention Aboard Ship—Harold E. Gillespie and Ralph C. Benson 661

Microbiologic Control of Water Supplies on a Large Naval Base — Raymond G. Nebelung 669

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 675

 

Number 4

 

PREFACE iii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Bacterids Provoked by Internal Sulfonamide Administration— Cedric C. Carpenter and Paul L. Gorsuch 681

Abuse of Sulfonamides in the Treatment of Acute Catarrhal Fever— Richard A. Kern 686

Salivary Sulfonamide Levels After Chewing Paraffin and Chicle Vehicles —Carl C. Pfeiffer and Helen L. Holland 695

Sulfadiazine as a Prophylactic Agent Against Meningitis —Edward R. Garvin 706

Skin Reactions to Dirofilaria Immitis Extract —Robert IV. Huntington, Jr 707

Filariasis; A Study of 737 Patients so Diagnosed—Frank R. Smith, Jr. 719

Intestinal Parasites Among Melanesians—Hollis K. Russell and James O. Scott 727

Large-Scale Isolation and Identification of Shigella Organisms in the Field—Epidemiological Unit No. 40 729

Positive Dick-Test Reactors; Relation of Incidence to Habitat —Milton J. H. Grand and Joseph D. Purvis, Jr 734

Drunkenness ; A Review—Carle Douglas Walsh 740

Chemical Diagnosis of Drunkenness —Henry W. Newman and Norman J. Ashenburg 744

Certain Psychiatric Reactions in Operators of Antisubmarine Sound Gear; Report of Two Cases—Otto Allen Will, Jr 746

Corneal Anesthesia in Hysteria —Robert B. Miller 749

Experiences with Group Psychotherapy —Joseph D. Teicher 753

Treatment of Atelectasis—Edward C. Thompson 757

Treatment of Empyema —Biagio Battaglia 763

Scalenus Amicus Syndrome with Reference to Injuries of the Thoracic Duct; Report of a Case—Harry A. Barnes 773

Mistakes in War Surgery—Frederick H. Bowen 777

Appendicitis in Naval Personnel; Observations on 109 Cases—Roy J. Stokes 786

Concussion Fractures and Dislocations Aboard Small Craft —Arthur Holstein 790

Medical Problems in a Construction Battalion —Jesse L. Hurlbut 793

A Statistical Report of Malaria During One Year on Island "X”—C. Dixon Fowler, Dewey M. Roberts, and Emerson D. Dillon 797

Gingivitis Among Submarine Personnel; A Comparative Study—Otto E. Van Der Aue and Vern R. Cullen 811

Lubrication and Sterilization of Dental Handpiece ; Report of a Study—Curtiss W. Schants and Charles A. Scrivener 817

A Dental Program in the South Pacific Area—Thomas J. Hanson 824

CLINICAL NOTES

Odontoma Associated with Impacted Cuspid and Retained Deciduous Cuspid; Report of a Case—Charles A. Giermann and James F. Matlock 827

Aero-Salpingotympanitis with Delayed Vestibular Symptoms; Report of a Case—Harry A. Barnes 830

Miosis from Excessive Ingestion of Vitamin A Over a Period of Forty Days —Mark L. Gerstle, Jr 833

Acute Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Regional Enteritis; Report of a Case— Everett H. Dickinson and Leo M. Zimmerman 835

Traumatic Temporomandibular Articulation Syndrome—Homer C. Vaughan 841

Emergency Surgical Measures at an Advance Base; A Case of Crushing Injury to the Pelvis—Merlyn G. Henry 844

Chemical Burn of the Penis; Report of a Case—Benjamin F. Hoopes. . . 846

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

Modified Stokes Stretcher for Resuscitation by the Eve Method—Paul Ashley 848

Fractures of Toes; A Simple Method of Treatment —Irving Klompus. ... 850

Needle Fragments; A Method of Removal—Walter W. Dalitsch 852

Plasma Administration in Severe Shock—Henrik W. Szylejko 857

EDITORIALS

A Plea for Sulfonamides 861

Postoperative Atelectasis 863

BOOK NOTICES

Heart Disease, White—Textbook of Gynecology, Novak—The Measurement of Adult Intelligence, Wechsler —Foundations of Neuropsychiatry, Cobb—Diseases of the Nervous System, Walshe —Segmental Neuralgia in Painful Syndromes, Judovich and Bates—Surgical Disorders of the Chest, Dotmldson —Hydronephrosis and Pyelitis (Pyelonephritis) of Pregnancy, Robertson —X-ray Examination of the Stomach, Templeton —Aesculapius in Latin America, Moll—Occupational Therapy in the Treatment of the Tuberculous Patient, Hudson and Fish —Corrective Physical Education, Rathbone 865

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

DDT: Practicality of Use During Invasion —Joseph B. Logue and Hugh V. O'Connell 877

Water Sanitation: I. Water Quality Standards—John C. Geyer 883

Low Back Pain in Navy Yard Workers; Its Relation to Osteo-arthritis — Oscar Wald and Joseph Abrams 890

STATISTICS: Health of the Navy 892

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 893

 

Number 5

 

PREFACE iii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Casualty Handling Afloat; Practical Problems —George R. Dunlop 901

Casualties During Amphibious Combat Operation —Nathaniel H. Matros 909

Medical Observations on Seabees in the Jungle—Norman L. Mistachkin 916

Practical Technic for Hemorrhoidectomy —Paul B. Van Dyke 930

Silk Technic in Appendectomy —Philip Shambaugh 932

Cotton Suture Material in Hernial Repair —Nathan E. Bear 939

Surgical Treatment of the Posttraumatic Painful Extremity —M. Hunter Brown 942

Pellegrini-Stieda Disease —E. James Buckley 947

Tyrothricin Therapy in Postoperative Pilonidal Cysts —Herbert Berger. . 952

Pathologic Aspects of Appendix in Military Personnel —Mark C. Wheelock 957

Hyaluronic Acid—A Tissue Polysaccharide; Some Effects on Erythrocytes—Clifford L. Spingarn and John Paul Jones 963

Erythema Multiforme; A Study of Ten Cases—Werner W. Duemling and Theodore A. Lesney 968

Pneumonia in the U. S. Navy — 1882-1942; Part I.—As Cause of Admission to Sick List —Dean P. Smiley and Herbert A. Raskin 973

Streptococcic Pneumonia —Earl B. Erskine 985

Oxygen Concentration in Oxygen Tents—Margaret H. Wolff 988

Treatment of Malaria with Arsenicals —Wayne H. Stewart 991

Peptic Ulcer in Naval Personnel —Martin M. Baumgartner 995

Intravenous Salicylates in Rheumatic Fever—Kent E. Martin 1000

Prostatitis and Seminal Vesiculitis as Common Causes of Backache— William H. Mast and William C. Hurly. . . 1002

Urinary Frequency Among Personnel at Sea—Charles A. Macgregor. . . . 1007

Unusual Feature of Respiratory Infections in a South Pacific Area— Samuel J Schneierson and William A. Wilson 1010

Occlusal Reconstruction Combined With a Partial Denture—Stuart J. Horner 1013

The Palatal Flap —George W. Christiansen and James L. Bradley 1018

Psychiatric Examination of Nonswimmers —Albert C. Cornsweet, Cecil L. Wittson, and William A. Hunt 1023

The Naval Offender; Motivating Factors—H. Robert Otness and George A. W. Stouffer, Jr 1029

Functions of a Phychiatrist in a Navy Yard —Harold J. Harris 1036

Medical Holdovers at a U. S. Naval Training Center—Allen G. Brailey. . . 1042

Symptomatic Weak Feet in Naval Personnel —Clarence A. Splithoff 1045

CLINICAL NOTES

Cinema Therapy in Amnesia; Report of a Case—E. Lyle Gage 1049

Varicose Veins of the Upper Extremity; Report of Two Cases—Samuel Candel   1052

Plastic Repair Following Scrotal Gangrene; Report of a Case—Gerald B. O'Connor 1060

Superimposed Upper Denture Used in Treatment of Extreme Prognathism; Report of a Case—Albert I. Monheim 1063

Treatment of Depressed Fracture of the Zygomatic Arch by the Gillies Method—George W. Christiansen and James L. Bradley 1066

Gas Gangrene Infection in Combat Area; Report of Thirteen Cases— Melvin E. Staehle and David D. Ruehlman 1069

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

The Cargo Carrier M-29; Use in Casualty Evacuation —Justin J. Stein. . 1071

Medical Utilization of Amphibious Tractors —Joseph W. Kimbrough 1074

Conversion of Jeep Ambulance for All Types of Litters —Claude R. Bruner 1077

Flyproof Head for Field Use—Allen S. Johnson 1079

EDITORIALS

Penicillin Failures 1083

Sump Pump Drainage 1084

Wholesale Wood Alcohol Poisoning 1086

BOOK NOTICES

Damage Control, Kelly and 9 contributors —Emergency Surgery, Bailey— Operations of General Surgery, Orr—Orthopaedic Surgery, Mercer— Vital Statistics and Public Health Work in the Tropics, Edge —Health and Hygiene, Ackerman—Manual of Military Neuropsychiatry, Solomon and Yakovlev, with the collaboration of 11 doctors —Global Epidemiology, Simmons, Anderson, Horack, and collaborators —Malaria, Bispham—Diseases of the Digestive System, 48 contributors; edited by Partis—The Gastro-Intestinal Tract, Hodges —Plaster of Paris Technic, Geckeler —Hypertension and Hypertensive Disease, Goldring and Chasis 1088

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Acute Methyl Alcohol Poisoning; Report of Eighteen Cases—Bernard M. Jacobson, Hollis K. Russell, Joseph J. Grimm, and Everett C. Fox 1099

Methyl Alcohol Poisoning; Report of Forty— Two Cases—Abraham Kaplan and Gerald V. Levreault    1107

Nitrobenzene Poisoning; Report of a Fatal Case—Jack V. Chambers and Francis J. O'Neill 1112

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 1116

 

Number 6

 

PREFACE iii

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS iv

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Foreword to Symposium on Amputation; From the Naval Amputation Center, U. S. Naval Hospital, Mare Island, California—John P. Owen 1125

A. Early Care of Amputation Patients—Joseph M. Greer 1128

B. Definitive Surgical Management of Amputations — Henry H. Kessler 1133

C. Manufacture and Fitting of Artificial Limbs —Douglas D. Toffelmier and Matthew Laurence 1149

D. Plastic Surgery of Amputation Stumps — Gerald B. O'Connor and Henry H. Kessler 1167

E. Revision of Thigh Amputation —Paul F. Olson 1 180

F. Revision of Below-Knee Amputation Stumps — Orlando S. Nesting 1187

G. Painful Stumps and Their Treatment —Donald F. Coburn 1194

H. Rehabilitation of the Amputee—Henry H. Kessler 1196

Compression Dressing of Amputation Stumps—Duncan C. McKeever. . . . 1211

Transportation of Patients by Naval Air Transport Service —Joseph P. Pollard, Norman L. Yood, and Joseph G. McWilliams 1213

Intertrochanteric Fractures of the Femur; Early Care on a Hospital Ship—Harold Lusskin 1221

Atmospheric Blast Concussion; Medical Aspects —Ralph A. Klemm 1228

Wounds of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat —Frank P. Smart 1231

Thoracic Casualties From the Marianas —Herbert D. Adams 1234

Care of the Burn Casualty—Frank H. Wanamakcr 1239

Pneumonia in the U. S. Navy —1882-1942; Part II.—As Cause of Incapacitation and Mortality —Dean F. Smiley and Herbert A. Raskin. . . . 1245

CLINICAL NOTES

Transient Complete Heart Block in a 17-Year-Old Male — T. Haynes Harvill 1263

Acute Pancreatic Edema With Stone in the Ampulla of Vater; Report of a Case—L. Kraeer Ferguson and Charles M. Thompson 1269

Comments on Casualties Aboard Assault Cargo Vessel; With Report of Two Thoracic Cases—Joseph D. Cuono 1273

Tropical Eosinophilia ; Report of a Case—William R. Hirst and William J. McCann 1277

Thyrotoxicosis Complicated by Hypothalamic and Duodenal Hemorrhage; Report of a Case—Harold Wood and Joseph H. Hamm 1282

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEVICES

First -Aid Kit for Aviation Personnel —M. C. Shelesnyak 1284

Wet-Film X-ray Viewing Room —Leo H. Garland and Milo T. Harris 1288

Headrest for Navy Operating Table —E. Lyle Gage 1291

Technic for Removing Foreign Bodies from Cornea—Alvan G. Foraker 1293

EDITORIALS

Etiology of Shock ; Fibrinolysin (?) 1295

Rehabilitation of Amputees 1297

BOOK NOTICES

Surgery of the Hand, Bunnell —Principles and Practice of Surgery, Babcock, with the collaboration of 37 members of the faculty of Temple University—Modern Clinical Syphilology, Stokes, Beerman, and Ingraham, Jr. —The Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Medical Disorders, Murphy—An Outline of Tropical Medicine, Saphir—Practical Neurological Diagnosis, Spurling—Foster Home Care for Mental Patients, Crutcher —And Now to Live Again, Barton —Normal Lives for the Disabled, Yost, in collaboration with Gilbreth —Essentials of Pharmacology and Materia Medica for Nurses, Gilbert and Moody—Taber's Dictionary of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Taber, with the collaboration of

Castallo —A Bibliography of Aviation Medicine Supplement, Hoff, Hoff, and Fulton—An Introduction to Public Health, Mustard 1299

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Determination of Welding Fumes in Ship Construction —John F. Ege, Jr., and Leslie Silverman 1309

Analysis of 100 Food Poisoning Outbreaks; Food Intoxication, Water and Food-Borne Infections —John F. Shronts, Chris P. Katsampes, and Eugene P. Campbell 1321

NOTES ON OUR RESERVE CONTRIBUTORS 1325

INDEX, Volume 44, Nos. 1 through 6 (January, February, March, April, May, and June 1945) 1332

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